'Hero Alam attacked while campaigning in Dhaka's Mohakhali'

Ashraful Alam alias Hero Alam, an independent candidate for Dhaka-17 by-election, alleged on Wednesday that he was attacked by a group of women and teenagers at Sattala slum in Dhaka's Mohakhali area while campaigning, reports UNB.

He claimed that he had been attacked repeatedly.

Hero Alam said a group of 20-25 women stopped him in front of the icddr,b entrance while he was going to the Sattala slum in Mohakhali. When he tried to enter the slum avoiding the barrier, the women along with some teenagers attacked him, he said.